Irene Girl Name

The name Irene is of Greek origin, and means peace.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Irene has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Irene

Use of the Name Irene for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

345,402

50,578

15,630

5,529

2,668

987

519

The table below indicates the number of times the name Irene has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Irene

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

102

204

1881

102

206

1882

104

232

1883

100

260

1884

95

324

1885

82

376

1886

78

437

1887

73

503

1888

66

722

1889

63

737

1890

60

893

1891

52

950

1892

51

1,107

904

7

1893

51

1,111

966

6

1894

43

1,347

1895

43

1,428

1896

41

1,593

1897

38

1,587

704

10

1898

34

1,902

779

9

1899

34

1,703

751

9

1900

31

2,264

941

9

1901

30

1,878

544

14

1902

26

2,210

712

11

1903

28

2,001

877

8

1904

26

2,214

1905

24

2,355

1906

20

2,424

1907

22

2,617

648

16

1908

23

2,728

1909

20

2,955

923

11

1910

21

3,270

955

12

1911

21

3,493

1912

22

4,626

866

27

1913

21

5,311

1914

21

6,191

1915

17

8,315

1916

17

9,022

1917

17

9,162

1918

16

9,775

1919

16

9,708

1920

17

10,073

1921

18

10,614

1922

17

10,169

1923

17

10,043

1924

18

9,929

1925

19

9,437

1926

21

9,158

1927

21

8,608

1928

28

7,722

1929

29

7,035

1930

33

6,460

1931

37

5,618

1932

43

5,195

1933

46

4,506

1934

49

4,344

1935

52

3,928

1936

57

3,821

1937

63

3,669

1938

71

3,554

1939

74

3,328

1940

73

3,393

1941

74

3,373

1942

80

3,383

1943

85

3,287

1944

92

3,078

1945

97

2,884

1946

102

3,109

1947

107

3,287

1948

111

3,044

1949

111

2,959

1950

92

3,817

1951

105

3,389

1952

121

3,019

1953

127

2,794

1954

140

2,656

1955

148

2,425

1956

159

2,342

1957

169

2,265

1958

175

2,144

1959

179

2,095

1960

187

2,028

1961

193

1,909

1962

205

1,760

1963

201

1,758

1964

211

1,659

1965

212

1,550

1966

235

1,283

1967

240

1,195

1968

238

1,169

1969

262

1,109

1970

275

1,067

1971

291

969

1972

307

788

1973

287

848

1974

285

846

1975

318

716

1976

298

771

1977

315

757

1978

326

704

1979

301

791

1980

291

848

1981

303

797

1982

315

770

1983

308

742

1984

320

733

1985

357

663

1986

389

590

1987

365

645

1988

377

632

1989

390

638

1990

387

676

1991

394

647

1992

430

585

1993

469

539

1994

420

596

1995

429

605

1996

418

607

1997

432

589

1998

493

513

1999

476

547

2000

467

591

2001

491

564

2002

518

526

2003

583

468

2004

541

519

Totals:

345,402

149

During the last 125 years, parents have used Irene as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.